Monday, December 21, 2009

Side effects from waxing can be avoided with a little caution and vigilance - II

Many people suffer from pimple breakouts after waxing. This can be prevented by using a light exfoliator that will help remove dead skin cells; you must also keep your skin free from any makeup right before waxing. Ingrown hair is another side effect of waxing; this happens when all the hair follicles are not removed from their roots. Most hair follicles tend to break just below the skin’s surface and grow back as blunt ingrown hair. Light exfoliation helps re-grown hair to be sharp-edged and pointing upwards.

Tight clothes are a strict no-no when you have freshly-waxed skin, because they can irritate your skin and encourage the development of ingrown hair. Ingrow Go is a popular treatment for ingrown hair, razor bumps and rashes. Pre-treated Ingrow Go wipes help clean skin pores and eliminates ingrown hairs within a day or two.

Waxing bumps are another commonly experienced side effect of this hair removal treatment. They can be avoided by using another wax or by continuing with the same one to see if your waxing bumps decrease over time. Waxing, although the best, may not be suitable for everybody. You can always try another hair removal technique if you feel that your skin reacts badly to waxing.

Thursday, December 10, 2009

Side effects from waxing can be avoided with a little caution and vigilance - I

Waxing side effects are extremely rare. Therefore, knowing about the waxing side effects and preventing them is important so that the ultimate result is smooth unblemished skin and painless hair removal. The ideal waxing session should not only leave you hair-free but also free from ingrown hair.

Almost everyone experiences some amount of redness and inflammation after a waxing session; there are a few things that can be done to alleviate this. You must check the ingredients to make sure that the wax doesn’t contain anything that can trigger off an allergic reaction. Apply some powder to your skin before waxing. This will make the wax adhere to the hair rather than your skin and therefore your hair will come off with comparative ease; it will also reduce redness. Using a soothing aloe-based lotion will decrease the inflammation.